tati* wrote:Guys can I ask a question about Public funds in Section 18 in the form?
Shall I tick *Yes* or *No* if..
my husband claimed for Housing benefit from mar-early august 2014 being unemployed. He found a new job in Mid August and is employed till present.
We started living together in the UK since September 2014.
My question is.. Do I have tick Yes anyway ? Because HO asks ..
*This section asks for information about any public funds or state benefits (also known as ‘social assistance’) you are claiming, or have claimed, or that your sponsor is claiming or has claimed, since you have lived in the UK.
18.1 Are you/is your sponsor claiming, or have you/has your sponsor claimed, since living in the UK, any of the public funds or state benefits listed in the table below?*
I m a bit puzzled. Is this question referred to me or him?
Please, help me to clarify.
Hi Tati,
We applied using the form from April 2015, so I'm not sure how different the most recent one is but on the April version, it also asked about the dates my partner/I claimed the benefit, and we also had to provide supporting documents, so it was quite clear who received the benefits and when. My partner is the main applicant and I am the EEA national who claimed the benefits.
So in my opinion it is referred to both of you, and the period it covers is the whole few years or whatever, starting from the day each of you moved to the UK and not just the period you lived together. They are basically asking if either of you ever claimed benefits since you moved here, and in your case the answer is Yes, your husband did. Hope it helps.
